 | Marc Egnal - 1996 - 317 דפים
...had to be able to read the Bible. The preface to the school law declared that literacy was needed, "it being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan,...to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures." 48 The full impact of the Puritan concern for learning became evident as society grew wealthier, and... | |
 | Seymour Martin Lipset - 1996 - 356 דפים
...weapon against the temptation of sin: It being one chiefe project of that old deluder, Sathan, to keepe men from the knowledge of the scriptures, as in former times, keeping them in an unknowne tongue, so in these latter times, by perswading them from the use of tongues, so that at least,... | |
 | Marc Egnal Professor of History York University - 1996 - 321 דפים
...had to be able to read the Bible. The preface to the school law declared that literacy was needed, "it being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the v knowledge of the Scriptures." 48 The full impact of the Puritan concern for learning became evident... | |
 | Glynda A. Hull - 1997 - 420 דפים
...earliest support for public education came in 1647 via the Old Deluder law: "It being the chief purpose of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of Scriptures," all communities in Massachusetts were required to establish schools so that children could... | |
 | James W. Fraser - 2000 - 296 דפים
...not be surprising that the famous 1647 law requiring a school for every town in Massachusetts began: "It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan,...to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures. . . ." Being practical, the authors of the law also moved quickly to counter Satan. The next sentence... | |
 | Paul C. Gutjahr - 1999 - 292 דפים
...the General Court of Massachusetts passed a law to support universal schooling in the colony stating, "It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of Scriptures" that teachers were to be appointed in townships to train people to read.37 Well into the... | |
 | Alicia Duchak - 1999 - 430 דפים
...of PUBLIC SCHOOL education. [From the law's written introduction: "It being one chief project of the 'old, deluder, Satan', to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures. . ."] Old Faithful (environment) In YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, the most famous, most popular and one... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 2000 - 804 דפים
...the very first, throw into clearest relief the originality of American civilization. The Code states: "It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan,...unknown tongue, so in these latter times, by persuading them from the use of tongues, so that at least, the true sense and meaning of the original might be... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 2002 - 632 דפים
...finde transgressing to the next Assistant or Commissioner. . . . SCHOOLS. IT being one chief Project of Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures,...in an unknown Tongue, so in these latter times, by perswading them from the use of 494 New England Life [1674 Tongues, so that at least the true sense... | |
 | Mary DeWitt Freeland - 2009 - 624 דפים
...that onld delnder, Satan, to keepe men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues, that so at least the true sence and meaning of the originall might be clouded by false glosses of saint... | |
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It being one chief project of that old deluder Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues... 
